Week 6 · U6
Passing and link-up play
Objectives — what the players will do
- 1Pass with the side of the foot, like a gentle push
- 2Look at a friend before passing to them
- 3Call a name, then pass — every pass has an address
Play 1 — starts when the second player arrives
Find a Friend
Everyone dribbles their own ball anywhere. When the coach shouts "PING!", pass to the nearest friend, then find a loose ball and keep dribbling. Great arrival game — kids join in the moment they walk up.
Practice — the one taught activity of the night
Passing Gates
Pairs, one ball, cone gates about two big steps wide scattered everywhere. Score a point for every pass through a gate to your partner, then run together to a NEW gate. How many gates can you score in one minute? Play three rounds and try to beat your own score.
Wider gates, partners closer together, and let them stop the ball before passing back.
Points only count with the other foot, or play Monkey in the Middle: three friends passing, one gentle monkey trying to touch the ball.
Play 2 — always finish playing the real game
4v4 — Helper Goals
Normal games, but a goal that comes after a pass counts DOUBLE. Shout out the passer as loudly as the scorer: "What a pass, Mia!"
Key coaching points — in your own words
- ·Pass with the side of your foot — a gentle push, not a big boot.
- ·Look at your friend first. Then pass.
- ·Say their name! "Sam, here it comes!"
- ·A pass is a present to a friend — wrap it nicely.
Shrink the space and add a wandering coach-monkey who tries to pinch loose passes.
Freeze the game: passer and receiver stand still until the pass is away.
Game-day focus — watch for this on Saturday
Count passes out loud from the sideline and cheer each one. Diamond: wide players spread big to give the passer someone to find. Everyone defends, everyone attacks, rotate spots.
Message to forward to your parents
Passing week! Your child learned that a pass is a present to a friend. Ten gentle passes back and forth in the yard is the perfect homework — and it is fun.
This week's two videos
Every session is Play-Practice-Play: kids play from the moment they arrive, you teach ONE thing in the middle, then they play again. Watch the prep video the night before — the activity video is that middle PRACTICE part.
6 Essential Soccer Passing Drills for Kids ( U6 U8 U10 U12 )
Watch the night before to understand the idea
Foundation pass-and-move patterns scaled for young players — use it to sharpen the technical detail under your get-open games. In Week 2, lift the pass-then-follow patterns; by Week 4 the movement should appear in the game without prompting. Two-touch maximum keeps the ball and the players moving.
Watch on YouTubeSoccerCoachTV - Warm Up Passing Drill.
Your PRACTICE part — the one thing you teach mid-session
An arrival-activity passing warm-up that banks maximum touches in the first five minutes. Use it as your Ignite opener all month so the routine becomes automatic. Keep groups tiny — pairs beat lines every time.
Watch on YouTube